Malaysian women entrepreneurs: Understanding the ICT usage behaviors and drivers

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 721-739

  Ndubisi, Nelson Oly ^a   Kahraman, Cengiz ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Communication technologies; Entrepreneurs; Malaysia; Marketing; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844558248     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410390510628418     Document Type: Article

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